European Beer Market in 2025: Record Production and Trade Trends

The statistical service of the European Union Eurostat published impressive data on the brewing sector, revealing the scale of beer production and international trade as of 2025. The total volume of beer produced in member states reaches an impressive 34.7 billion liters, including both traditional alcoholic beverages and non-alcoholic variants.

A detailed analysis shows a slight increase in alcoholic beer production – by 0.6 percent compared to the previous year, which represents an additional 0.2 billion liters. In parallel, the non-alcoholic beer sector marks a more significant growth of 11.1 percent, generating an additional 0.2 billion liters.

Geographically, the Federal Republic of Germany takes the leading position, producing 7.2 billion liters, which constitutes 22.2 percent of the European-wide production. The next significant producers are Spain with 4 billion liters (12.3 percent), Poland with 3.4 billion liters (10.6 percent), the Netherlands with 2.2 billion liters (6.8 percent), and Belgium with 2.1 billion liters (6.3 percent).

Against the background of the European-wide picture, Bulgaria demonstrates positive dynamics, increasing its production from 458 million liters in 2023 to 471 million liters in 2024. These data refer solely to alcoholic beer and highlight the stable growth in the national brewing sector.

Regarding international trade, the Netherlands continues to be an undisputed leader in exports, realizing 1.5 billion liters, although with a certain decline of 12 percent compared to the previous year. Germany and Belgium follow with an equal volume of 1.4 billion liters, complemented by the Czech Republic with 0.6 billion liters and Ireland with 0.5 billion liters.

In the import market, France takes the top position with 0.8 billion liters of imported beer. Italy ranks second with over 0.7 billion liters, followed by Spain and Germany with approximately 0.6 billion liters, and the Netherlands with around 0.5 billion liters.

These data clearly demonstrate the dynamics and maturity of the European brewing market, which continues to evolve and offer diversity in both production and trade practices.